This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarthaEW43 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.doucette/474.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Dennis, THANK YOU for helping me with the Doucet line! I have been trying to do it myself for 2 years, but never figured that Eli was William and the age discrepancies really threw me, too. I'm glad to learn about the dispensations for consanguinity and degree of affinity from the church, all news to me. The latter is a new term for me as a novice in this pursuit, as well! So, I'm guessing that you are a professional, with a focus on Acadian genealogy, and you are probably an Acadian yourself, right? I'm excited to be able to trace my Doucet line all the way to Germain but still anxious to find Xavier's first wife, my gg grandmother, to trace that line. I've found an 1860 census dealing with a Francois Xavier and a wife, Rachel, native, I think, and I think I later found her as Rachel Boudreau, but I hate to admit that I didn't document what I found (novice!). Would you be willing to professionaly poke further to uncover my gg grandmother for me? I'm 69 and back taking one French course per semester at the University of Maine after having earned a degree in Romance Languages there in 1965(!). My friend Lisa Michaud, at the Centre Franco-Americain at U Maine, had given me the names of 2 genealogists doing Acadian research, who told me my Doucet line wasn't doable without William's and Marguerite's births and marriage data, as well their parents' marriage data. And then you came along... So what do you think? Interested in checking further? What would you charge? If you aren't interested in working more on this, I totally understand and will be forever grateful for the amazing gift that you have already given me as a person who cares about Acadian genealogy. Thanks again, and I look forward to hearing from you. Martha Whitehouse Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.